Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kitudak

This Proto-Finnic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Finnic

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kičɜ (illness).

Verb

*kitudak (stem *kitu-)[1]

  1. to suffer (for a long time) from pain or illness
  2. to languish

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: kiduma/kiduda
  • Finnish: kitua
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: kituo
    • South Karelian: kiduo
  • Livonian: ki’ddõ
  • Livvi:
  • Ludian: kiduita

References

  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*kitu-”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)

Further reading

  • kiduma”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Entry #299 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kitua”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN